"Crackles McFarly" wrote in message
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On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:23:41 -0400, "Radiosrfun"
sayd the following:

"Crackles McFarly" wrote in message
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On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:53:09 -0400, Crackles McFarly
sayd the following:

74-250(c) MIDLAND [yellow one], cannot figure out how to turn the unit
OFF... help?

I'll be buying dozens of batteries per month at this rate.


any / all help appreciated.


p.s. this radio [midland 74-250(c)] sucks and is hard to program, too
small, easy to break, etc...



You guys don't fall over each other to help me all at once.

I found my answer, no not from the manual, nor the midland website..

Could have received an answer here but that seems impossible now.

I guess these [4] newsgroups are nothing more than 'let's talk about
how far I got out [miles] last night' bragging etc.

OK, I guess I'll just READ messages and hope my answer is already
posted.

thanks again... ;-)



Sorry, I had a rather busy week....... I'm not familiar with this unit to
offer much more than -

1. IF it is soley battery powered - remove the batteries until you either
repair the unit yourself or get it repaired, or use an optional adaptor to
supply power. But duh - you probably already knew that.

2. As to the problem - sounds like you've got a defective on/off switch -
OR - possibly a strand of wire or solder blob - across the switch -
effectively shorting it out - and not useable for control.

midland are tards... Manual says to 'save batteries' place unit in non
receive mode, their is NOT AN OFF SWITCH according to manual.

I will NEVER buy anything again from midland.

Even if midland had an offer of 2 high-end computers for $99 I'd not
buy one.




HUH? No on/off switch? THAT IS WEIRD! Well, if there is any room on the
chassis/cabinet, you could always wire one in - sure a lot more convenient
than burning up batteries. "Shouldn't" take much to put a switch in the
unit.

L.